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Okay, I'll admit it. I used to have weevils in my pantry occasionally. In the flour, or baking mixes, etc. But years and years ago I read that if you bring those kinds of things home from the store and immediately put them in the freezer for a few days, the freezing temperature will kill off any larvae that may be in the package, and they will never hatch into adult bugs.
I've done just that ever since, and I can't remember the last time I've seen a weevil in the house.
I guess we've been eating some larvae...but I'm okay with being in denial about things like that.
card front
I like trivia; and I like to pass it on. This is one of my magazine trivia cards. I'm not really a magazine buyer except for my one subscription to Real Simple. But twice a year or so one will call my name at the grocery checkout. Usually they are the kinds that deliver tips or facts as stand-alone tidbits sprinkled throughout. If I'm in a card-making mood when I'm ready to toss it in the recycle bin, then I cut out the good bits.
The card above is for my friend who is a science teacher. I knew I wanted to make one of these cards for her when I found a beautiful magazine page of animal and insect drawings with their names in old script underneath their pictures...I layered them on cardstock and put some of them on the front of the card, some on the inside and back, and one on the envelope.
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The inside isn't really pretty. It includes some inside joke/teasing, some factoids, and a silly riddle.
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This is kind of a reader's digest of trivia. Just to share for the fun of sending/receiving snail mail.
I also sent a store-bought birthday card this week (with a hand-written letter tucked inside). The recipient texted me this morning to let me know it arrived on time. That's probably the first time in about twenty years I've gotten hers to her on schedule.
accountability stats: 7 weeks / 14 cards
Yes, well, I am spending time on the computer instead of packing...big surprise.But I got this fifteen-second video in an e-mail today, and it is SO simple and yet I can foresee using this 'skill' inumerable times in the future. Teach this to a child...they will love it.A must see!
Runts...
I garnered this sugary-sweet trivia from Cash Cab (love that show on Discovery channel). Runts were created when the manufacturer was looking for a neater way to package/market Pixy Stix. If you're not familiar with Pixy Stix, they are basically just drinking straws filled with fruit-flavored sugar, which you then tip up and pour into your mouth. It's one of those things kids love and parents hate.
The solution really upped the cute factor too!
